Some suggestions, get all those asteroids pumping crystals, you will need them.Don't loose your battleships, don't forget to use their abilities, and remember that your ships will regenerate their hulls near Military stations !Research colonization, and colonize those planets so you can make more battleships.While you do this, defend the incoming attacks, build turrets and cruisers to support the battleships, destroyers to get to those missile frigates before they shoot at your cruisers.

i use the stargate go to the star system then i go to the planet with the colony i capture it then use the the colony ship to build mining stations, then after a little bit i build a military station with a shipyard then a research station at the planet called furio (i think thats the name) then a heavy fleet turns up wiping everything out.

should i be building the military station above the colony?should i be building the military station before the mining stations?

You need to find the right balance, you can build 1 military station, then go and build the mining stations, the research station should probably be the last one.You are unable to defend against the first wave of aliens ?At the beginning of the mission, are you charging the battleships abilities ? Use the shield recharger, that one will get all your shields at maximum and will give you the upper hand against that alien wave.

Tried everything suggested, but the waves come too fast to attempt to survive.... in addition they start warping in ignoring the wormholes and fly right across the "orange" cloud and don't blow up?... I admit to getting exceedingly frustrated with this. any help would be great..Cheers

If you do what Canute said, you will be able to do it.Once the mission starts, chose immediately the ability you want for the battleship (and don't loose any of them when attacking the colony).When the Gark start coming, build turrets around strategic points to defend, and don't launch your ships against them, put your ships of Defense and use the battleship abilities wisely.